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In this dinner discussion, we will discuss how Course 20 may evolve over the next 20 years. Your moderators at the table will be [[Sri Kosuri]] and [[Ben Zeskind]]. | |||
==Historical Perspective== | |||
==Impacts on Society== | ==Impacts on Society== | ||
#Medicine: prevent, diagnose, cure disease; first pharma, then biotech, then ??? | #Medicine: prevent, diagnose, cure disease; first pharma, then biotech, then ??? | ||
Revision as of 17:32, 22 March 2006
In this dinner discussion, we will discuss how Course 20 may evolve over the next 20 years. Your moderators at the table will be Sri Kosuri and Ben Zeskind.
Historical Perspective
Impacts on Society
- Medicine: prevent, diagnose, cure disease; first pharma, then biotech, then ???
- Economy: companies started by graduates, economic impact of discoveries, changes to healthcare economics, effect on research funding
- Science: better understanding of biological processes, better tools to study (measure, model, manipulate) biological processes
- Society: ethical/legal/social issues raised by advances
- Government: changes in operation of FDA/regulatory agencies, NIH
Impacts on MIT
- MIT: effect of undergrad major, expansion of space
